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Thursday, June 20, 2013

You can be excused if you missed or paid little attention to yesterday's announcement by health and environmental groups that they've filed suit in federal court to prompt the U.S. EPA to make a timely decision on updated national health standards for ozone, commonly known as smog. bit.ly/143BrlT(The announcement was, understandably, eclipsed by President Obama's address on carbon dioxide and related "messaging" by Secretary of State John Kerry and the President's staff.)

Buried in the minimal coverage of this announcement was a public admission by the EPA that it is WAY behind schedule in reviewing this issue! Breathers will continue to suffer unnecessarily unless the lawsuit prompts a quicker decision.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Those of you who have followed this issue are well aware
that in 2008, the US EPA set national ozone (smog) standards weaker than
recommended by EPA’s independent science advisers, who warned that the weaker
standards hurt breathers.And that in
2011, the timid Obama White House – under political pressure from the oil
industry – killed an EPA attempt to update the standards to better protect
public health.

Now that EPA is again examining the issue, the oil
industry is ramping up a new campaign.The strategy appears to be a preemptive strike designed to scare the
White House yet again. And the oil industry appears to be using some its friends on Capitol Hill to lead the assault.

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